MONDAY THE 17TH OF JUNE
The first job on Monday is all the waste away and then there is fish to collect. At the kennels we have the last of the strimming work to finish and there is carpets to be made for mothers and pups. We are going to cut the grass in the rearing paddocks if the weather is good and change the beds in the houses in the rearing paddocks. Two pups to watch out for Tiffield Tarquin who did 29.17 winning his first mix trail at Towcester he is a December 2022 18 month old and swift underwater winning his first mix trail at Perry Barr in 16.31 he is a January 2023 17 month old .
ON THE OPEN RACES SCENE IN THE UK WE HAD TWO WINNERS LAST NIGHT AT CRAYFORD DUBAI KID AND SWIFT QUINCEY.
TUESDAY THE 18TH OF JUNE
An overcast morning and the first job today was packing the fish away in to the freezer I collected yesterday. The weather is good and the whole day will be took up preparing hounds for schooling. We are going to do a swap around with the saplings in the rearing paddocks and we have two litter of pups to put into the rearing paddocks and if all goes well we will give the vans a wash later today
WEDNESDAY THE 19TH OF JUNE
The weather was good again on Wednesday. I had paper to collect. At the kennels we continued on with the swapping around with saplings and puppies and trimming their nails as we did the swap some of the pups had to get their second injection , we made beds for mother and puppies and the day went well.
THURSDAY THE 20TH OF JUNE
Another nice day and the main job today is handslipping in Kilkenny we are leaving at 12 o’clock so we will have all hounds and pups fed by then. We have the garages to tidy along with the freezer , we also have maintenance work to do as well.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAVE ONE RUNNER AT HOVE SWIFT RADIANTLY.
FRIDAY THE 21ST OF JUNE
The first job of the day on Friday was to take all the waste away. We had to feed up before 2pm as the main job of the day was trialing at Shelbourne Park. It was a nightmare of a day as there was three concerts on in Dublin on Friday night. By the time we got home it was 8pm. At 67 years old its a long day when you start at 5:30am. We finally got the gallop finished and its back in tip-top shape. We also finally got all the tidying up done. One of the broods that has just had pups got a touch of mastitis but we overcame the problem and shes now back to normal. Also. on the good news front Swift Vicki who lives in the house with me is a brand new lady. Whatever was wrong with her, she is now over.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAVE FOUR RUNNERS AT ROMFORD FAB ROY, SWIFT IAN, SWIFT INDIGO, CHARILE KNOWS.
SATURDAY THE 22ND OF JUNE
Another early start as we almost ran out of meat, chicken and tripe so we got up early to collect it all. As we do the journal at 2pm we are back home with the freezer stocked back up. I’ve never had meat as good. We have done a bit of work on the journal. We will make all the lists for the coming week and we have also had John O’Reilly here checking hounds that are schooling. The day has gone well.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAVE FIVE RUNNERS AT MONMORE SWIFT REASSURE, TRUBBYS SWIFT AND AT TOWCESTER WRIGHTY, AT DONCASTER INCA GERRY AND AT OXFORD ELDER.
SUNDAY THE 23RD OF JUNE
Were doing Sundays journal on Saturday afternoon. We are going to start preparing more hounds for schooling, galloping and hunting. If the day goes well we will give the vans a wash. It looks like Newcastle United are going to get busy in the transfer window. We need food for pups from the supermarket and we tidy the website.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAVE FOUR RUNNERS AT CRAYFORD FRANKLINS WISH, SWIFT GIDDY AND SWIFT QUINCEY AND AT THE VALLEY DUBAI KID.